Personal care in Hitchin often starts with a husband or wife who has been managing it alone. Washing, dressing, help in the bathroom, the things nobody outside the house sees. When that...
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FND Treatment: What It Involves, Who Provides It, and How Care at Home Fits
FND treatment is rehabilitation rather than a cure, and a team delivers it rather than a tablet. For most people it combines four things. They are a proper explanation of the diagnosis,...
Attendance Allowance and Other Benefits: What a Successful Claim Unlocks
Attendance Allowance and other benefits work together, and usually in the claimant's favour. Pension Credit, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction do not count a successful claim as...
The Symptoms of FND: The Main Types, and What They Mean Day to Day
The symptoms of FND, functional neurological disorder, are real, physical and often frightening, and the thing people most need to hear first is that they are not imagined. FND is a...
Can You Drive With FND? Telling the DVLA, and Staying Independent
If your FND affects your driving, you have to tell the DVLA, and you may have to stop driving for a while. That is the plain legal position, and it catches people out because FND is not on...
Council Tax and Dementia: The Severe Mental Impairment Discount in Hertfordshire
This is one of the most useful reductions families miss, and it is missed because its name gives nothing away. If someone in the household has a condition that is medically recognised as a...
How to Claim Attendance Allowance: The Form, the Steps and What Happens Next
If you have already worked out that Attendance Allowance is worth claiming, the next question is the practical one: how do you actually apply, and what happens after you send it in. You...
Who Can Claim Carer’s Allowance? A Clear Guide for Hertfordshire Families
Most people find Carer's Allowance at a difficult moment, when the caring has already grown to fill most of the week and someone finally says, is there any help with this. The short answer...
Stroke Support in Hertfordshire: Which Service Covers You After Hospital
Stroke support in Hertfordshire depends on which half of the county your GP is in. In the east and north, the stroke unit is at the Lister in Stevenage and the community team is run by...